The law firm of Jones & Mayer is devoted to serving public entities throughout California. In that capacity, the firm serves as general counsel to the cities of Blythe, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Grand Terrace, La Habra, Maywood, South Pasadena, Stanton, Westminster and Whittier, and as General Counsel to the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (COG).

The firm's client list also includes the San Diego Unified Port District.

According to city campaign disclosure data made available online by the city clerk's office, Jones & Mayer’s owner Richard Jones gave a total of $1,000 to Alvarez's 8th district 2010 city council campaign.

Of Jones, Jones & Mayer's website says:

As owner of the law offices of Jones & Mayer, Mr. Jones has served as City Attorney for the cities of Whittier, La Habra, Fullerton, and Westminster and General Counsel to the Gateway Cities and San Gabriel Valley Councils of Government. Mr. Jones has over thirty-five years of experience specializing in municipal law.

As agency counsel, he has negotiated development and disposition agreements with Walmart, Home Depot, and Costco, as well as developed a seventy-five acre retail complex. Issues such as condemnation, relocation, and housing set-aside matters are a regular part of his practice.

We have a call in to Alvarez's city council office, whose voice mail this morning said staff was "currently unavailable to assist you."

Comments

Hmmm. Give a thousand. Get back a thousand (in Padres tickets). Hope Alvarez doesn't start learning from Todd Gloria. People had hopes for him to be a straight arrow. Usually, however, it doesn't take long for the gift giving and gift taking to become a bad habit.

Makes me wonder how Alvarez knows the law firm and the principals. What's Alvarez been up, and with whom, involving a need for municipal legal specialists and legal advice to public employees in California cities?